ROOTS-L Resources: Historical Groups

These files contain the names of about interesting groups of people,
such as the men who fought at the Alamo, Irish immigrants to Canada, German
immigrants to the Ohio valley, gunfighters of America's Old West, and more...

Fort Boonesborough Settlers: The references and surnames from A to G are in
genealog.ftboon1.
A second file,
genealog.ftboon2,
includes the remaining surnames from H to Z.

German-Americans in the Ohio Valley: Emil Klauprecht's "German
Chronicle in the History of the Ohio Valley and its Capital City Cincinnati
in Particular", from 1864, is "the solitary German-American history of the
entire Ohio Valley." The first of these files,
genealog.geramp1,
contains the Table of Contents and the index of persons' names, from Mr. Aaronburg
to A. Zoellner. The second file,
genealog.geramp2,
has the index to place names and organizations, and the bibliography.

genealog.gunfight:
A brief discussion of who the gunfighters were (demographically speaking),
followed by a list of fifty or so. I'm amazed at how many of these names
are familiar. And be sure to visit Steve Chinn's
Kansas Gunfighters.

The Irish-Canadian List:
This list contains the names
of Irish immigrants who settled in Canada and who are being researched by
other genealogists. Information can include names, dates, and places in both
Ireland and Canada. The list is currently being revamped to make it more
Web friendly -- once it is, we hope to have a pointer to it here. Meanwhile,
the most recent release is worth a look.

genealog.jjames1:
Who was in the Jesse James Gang, and, if known, what became of them.

genealog.lewclark:
The Roster of Personnel from the Lewis and Clark Expedition to the
American West in 1804-1806.

genealog.mutinyb:
Personnel Roster for HMS Bounty at the time of the mutiny on April 28, 1789.

genealog.quantril:
Members of Quantrill's Guerrillas in the Civil War. Hundreds of names
are listed, along with sources.

genealog.shiparl:
Well, OK, people arriving at New Orleans on 23 April 1849 aboard
the Arlington may not sound as exciting as the Jesse James gang or
the Bounty mutineers. That is, not unless your family happens to be
among them, then all bets are off. :-) Around 170 names.